Welcome! We are your CRPUSD Nurse Team.
We hope that this page will help you navigate through some of the different needs that a school nurse may be able to help you with. Please explore the links available for resources and other health information.
Immunization Check
Please click below for more information about the immunizations required for students to attend school.
Medical Exemptions Update
Starting January 1, 2021:
- Medical exemptions can only be issued through the California Immunization Registry – Medical Exemption website (CAIR-ME) by physicians licensed in California.
- Schools and child care facilities may only accept from parents new medical exemptions that are issued using CAIR-ME.
A medical exemption filed at a pre-kindergarten facility or school remains valid until the earliest of:
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When the child enrolls in the next grade span (TK/K-6th grade, 7th-12th grade)
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The expiration date specified in a temporary medical exemption
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Revocation of the exemption because the issuing physician has been subject to disciplinary action from the physician’s licensing entity.
Additional information about current requirements are at shotsforschool.
Forms & Health Instructions
Medication at School
Medications at School: Authorization for Medication Administration
Contract for Self-Carry Medication at School: English | Spanish
Treatments, and Emergency Health Plans at School
Authorization For Specialized Procedure: English & Spanish
Allergy & Anaphylaxis Emergency Care Plan
Diabetic Supplies List for School: English | Spanish
Seizure Action Plan: English | Spanish
Health Exam and Oral Health Assessment
Health Examination for School Entry: English & Spanish
Oral Health Notification Letter: English & Spanish
Oral Health Assessment for Kindergarten & Incoming 1st Grade: English & Spanish
Waiver Oral Health Assessment: English & Spanish
Other Health Forms
Vision and Hearing: Vision and Hearing Questionnaire
School Nurse Role
The role of the school nurse is to advance the academic success and lifelong health and well?being of students by promoting school-based health and safety through vision, hearing, and oral health assessment, immunizations, health education, and coordination of health care services for students with health needs, including students with chronic illnesses and disabilities.
Our role includes, but is not limited to:
- Provide healthcare to students and staff
- Advocate for the health and wellbeing of students, staff and the local community
- Provide health screenings (general and state mandated vision and hearing)
- Serve as liaisons between school personnel, family, and community healthcare providers
- Help develop plans for student care (IEPs, 504s, SSTs)
- Serve as consultants with other school professionals, such as food service personnel, physical education teachers, coaches, and counselors
- Provide health-related education to students, staff and the community
- Monitor immunizations, manage communicable diseases, and assess the school environment as to prevent injury and ensure safety
- Help with infection control measures
- Oversee and train medication administration and health care procedures
- Help coordinate referrals to private healthcare providers
Important Health Information
Health Information for Parents & Staff (ENG) (SP)
Diabetes Type 1
Information (ENG) (SP)
(for Parents or Guardians of incoming elementary school students)
Diabetes Type 2
Information (ENG) (SP)
(for Parents or Guardians of 7th Grade Students)
Human
Papillomavirus Cancer Prevention Information (ENG) (SP)
(for Parents or Guardians of 6th Grade Students)
Head Lice Information
When To Stay Home From School
A student should stay home or go home from school when the student is too ill to participate in school activities, the condition creates an unsafe or unhealthy environment for others at school, or when illness/injury requires a level of care or observation that cannot be managed at school. Staff do not make diagnoses. Some conditions require written clearance from the student’s health care provider in order to return. See directions below:
| Fever |
Temperature = 100.40 F or 38.30 oral in the last 24 hours without fever-reducing medications even if the student no longer has a fever in the morning |
| Stomache Ache, Vomiting, Diarrhea |
Vomiting or diarrhea in past 24 hours and student feels ill;
Abdominal pain that continues for > 2 hours |
| Rash |
With fever; Oozing, open wound that cannot be covered;
Rash that is rapidly spreading; Undiagnosed rash |
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Mouth Sores
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Inability to swallow;
Mouth/throat soreness with fever; Breathing difficulties; Excessive drooling (in young children) |
| Cough or Difficulty Breathing |
With fever and other illness symptoms;
Cannot be controlled with prescribed medications; Noisy, rapid breathing, wheezing; Child has difficulty speaking; Skin/lips has purple, blue, grey tone |
| Pink or Red Conjunctiva |
Whites of eyes have white or yellow eye mucous
drainage; Stay home until treatment has started |
| Severe Pain |
Pain that impacts ability to participate;
Pain following an injury; Pain with other illness symptoms |
REQUIRES PHYSICIAN CLEARANCE TO RETURN TO SCHOOL
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SPECIFIC DISEASES or
ILLNESS OUTBREAK AS DETERMINED BY LOCAL HEALTH DEPT |
? Impetigo
? Strep Throat ? Staph Infection including MRSA ? Chicken Pox ? Pertussis (whooping cough) |
DOES NOT REQUIRE STUDENT TO STAY HOME FROM SCHOOL
| LIVE HEAD LICE |
Follow CDPH directions in A Parent’s
Guide to
Head Lice for initial and follow-up hair treatment, nit-combing, and household hygiene. |